Your New Role

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Permanent PWay Track Inspection Technician join our Rail Delivery Team in Cardiff.

PWay Track Inspection Technician plays an important part in providing support to the Team Leader to organise and motivate the team and the team’s operatives to undertake and deliver work safely, efficiently and to the relevant track and safety standards. Undertake inspection, faulting, maintenance, and renewal work as allocated. Where directed, act as Team Leader.

The standard hours of work are 40 hour per week. Technician roles involve a changing shift pattern including days, nights, and weekends.

You will be responsible for:

• Carry out work safely and in accordance with the safe systems of work procedures, method statements or other relevant instructions.
• Undertake work and associated duties for which you are trained and competent.
• Undertake and direct work activities in a safe and efficient manner and in accordance with all relevant standards.
• Control and check the quality of work undertaken and confirm assets are compliant to standards.
• Establish and maintain appropriate safety arrangements for staff under your control including Contractors.
• Consistently role model safe behaviours and are confident to challenge if you think a situation is unsafe
• Have knowledge and experience of inspection, faulting, maintenance, and renewal techniques in the discipline that you are applying for.
• Check that the staff under your control have the appropriate and valid competencies.
• Check that vehicles, plant, tools, equipment, and materials under your control are fit for use and are used/stored and disposed of correctly.
• Accurately report all work completed/not completed and produce/maintain records as required.
• Contribute to your own development and that of others along with keeping up to date with new standards, procedures and instructions.
• Adhere to company policies and procedures.

This position is a safety critical role which has a level of responsibility within PWay.

What makes this role unique is

Undertaking inspections and making confident decisions to make an impact on the PWay section of the project. Technicians provide the essential link between the team leader and the team’s operatives.

We want to hear from you if you have:

• Experience of arranging and implementing safe systems of work.
• Knowledge of how to organise and control the safe and efficient delivery of work.
• Able to demonstrate, promote and embed safe working behaviours within the team.
• Able to lead, motivate and direct a team.
• Strong communication skills and be able to deliver clear instructions to the team and other colleagues.
• Knowledge of permanent way inspection, faulting, maintenance and renewal techniques.
• Conversant with standards, procedures and instructions.
• Hold and retain competencies relevant to this post, required by business need.
• Ideally hold (or be working towards) an NVQ level 1 or 2 (or equivalent) in a relevant subject or have attained an appropriate level of knowledge through equivalent relevant experience.
• Driving Licence - Able and willing to drive vehicles as required by business need.
• Experience in S&C inspection and plain line inspection. (Desirable)
• Minimum of 5years experience working in a railway environment

What we offer you

When you join us, we can offer flexibility, career development, a choice of benefits and support that help you through all life’s ups and downs. It’s the reason why Investors in People put us among the top 1% of employers and we have a competitive reward and benefits program

• Career Development - Exceptional development and progression plan
• Pension – Generous Pension scheme which we will contribute to
• Holidays - Minimum 26 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• Choices - Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including, cycle2work scheme

We embrace difference and support individuals to work in ways that work best for them.

We are committed to working sustainably and by working in partnership with the communities we serve, so people and the planet are protected.

At Amey, you have freedom to perform because we know if nothing holds you back, together, we can be extraordinary.

Who is Amey?

• We are at the heart of modern Britain, helping the economy to grow by designing, maintaining and transforming the nation’s strategic assets.
• Our 11,000 people are behind the critical services the country relies on every day.
• Our unique engineering and operations experience, together with data driven insight from our consulting business, delivers better results for our clients.
• We are trusted partners of Government – both national and local – managing assets and complex projects that are vital to the sustainable growth of the country.

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Application Guidance

Amey is committed to Inclusion and Diversity. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Please contact our recruitment team at <email address removed> to discuss any access needs and reasonable adjustments that may be required at any point during the recruitment process.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the closing date should we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Apply today – We are excited to hear from you!